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Survey of English Place-Names

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Laceby

Major Settlement in the Parish of Laceby

Historical Forms

  • Lenesbi [n = u] 1086 DB
  • Leuesbi 1086 DBAbbreviatio
  • Levesbi, Leuesbi 1086 DB 1130 P 1132 Pat 1403
  • Leusebi 1156 P
  • Leyseby c.1115 LS 1204 FF 1254 ValNor 1266 Misc 1272 Ass
  • Leyseby “near” Grimesby 1273 Ipm 1274 Abbr 1286 Ass
  • Leysebi 1276 RH
  • Leisebi 1145–54 Pat 1394 Ch 1155–58 Pat 1334 Hy2 1461
  • Leiseby 1272 Ass
  • Leissebi 1168,1201,1202,1203 P 1214 ib
  • Leisseb' 1219 Fees
  • Leisseby 1200,1202 P 1214 Cur 1242–43 Fees 1266 Ipm
  • Leysseby 1304 Abbr 1315 Pat 1315 Inqaqd 1316 Orig
  • Leysceby 1240–50,1306 RAiv 1316 FA 1335 Ipm 1336 Cl
  • Laifsebi lHy2 Dane
  • Laisseby 1201 ChR 1242–43 Fees 1314 Pat 1322 Ipm
  • Laysseby 1319 YearBk 1327 SR 1342 Cl 1342 Ipm 1369 AD
  • Laisebi 1202 Ass
  • Laiseby 1314 Inqaqd
  • Laysebi 1259 Ipm
  • Layseby 1313,1318 Cl 1329 Ass
  • Laisceby 1240–53 RAiv 1328 Pat 1338 HarlCh 1363 Pat
  • Laysceby 1258–63,a1260,1306 RAiv 1334 Ipm 1372 Misc 1375,1381 Peace 1383 BS 1394 Pat
  • Layceby 1327 Ipm 1329 Ass 1332 SR 1349 Cor 1359 Ipm 1365 Pat 1373 Peace 1380 Cl 1402 MM 1409 Cl 1428 FA
  • Laisby 1293 Ass 1602 BT
  • Laisbie 1592 ib
  • Laysby 1344 Ipm
  • Laysbye 1402 ib
  • Laiceby 1387,1388,1395 Peace
  • Leffebi 1177 P
  • Lessebi 1177,1180,1181,1182 P 1203 Cur 1230 ChancR
  • Lesseb' 1225 ClR
  • Lesseby 1201 Memo 1209 FF 1210–12 RBE 1227 Ch 1234 Cl 1234 FF 1234 Ch 1260 FF 1374 Ipm
  • Lesebi 1178,1180,1188 P 1196 ChancR 1197 P
  • Leseby 1230 1282 Cl
  • Laceby 1327 Fine 1395,1401 Cl 1431 FA 1441 Cl 1487 Ipm 1490 Cl 1490 Ipm 1526 Sub
  • Lacebye 1566 Pat 1576 LER 1609,1611,1624 BT
  • Lacebie 1564,1570,1586,1598,1607 ib
  • Laseby 1576 Saxton 1610 Speed
  • Lasbye 1565,1589 BT
  • Lasbie 1600,1607 BT
  • Lasby 1601 BT

Etymology

'Leif's farmstead, village' from the ON  pers.n. Leifr and .The pers.n. is not recorded independently in L, though it is in Y, v. SPNLY 185. It is very likely that spellings in -ss - are assimilated forms of -fs -.